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Monsters Look to Keep Momentum Going in Belleville

In the fifth of eight meetings between the two teams this season, the Cleveland Monsters, affiliate of the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets, drop the puck vs. the Belleville Senators, AHL affiliate of the NHL’s Ottawa Senators, on Saturday with full coverage, live from CAA Arena in Belleville, ON, underway at 7:00 pm on Alt 99.1, AHLTV and the Monsters Hockey Network.

MONSTERS PRE-SCOUT: Following a 2-1 road shootout win over the Belleville Senators on Friday, the Cleveland Monsters enter tonight’s game at 24-21-5-1 on the season. With 54 points, the Monsters currently rank sixth in the AHL’s North Division standings and 12th in the Eastern Conference. Cleveland is led in scoring by LW Nathan Gerbe (10-22-32), C Zac Dalpe (15-14-29) and C Alex Broadhurst (8-21-29).

SENATORS PRE-SCOUT: In the wake of a 1-2 home shootout loss to the Cleveland Monsters on Friday, the Belleville Senators enter tonight’s game at 25-23-2-4 on the season. With 56 points, the Senators currently rank fifth in the AHL’s North Division standings and tenth in the Eastern Conference. Belleville is led in scoring by RW Drake Batherson (16-30-46), C Logan Brown (12-21-33) and C Filip Chlapik (14-13-27).

SEASON SERIES: Saturday marks the fifth of eight meetings between the Monsters and Senators this season and the third of four meetings between the two teams at CAA Arena this year. So far this season, Cleveland shows a record of 3-1-0-0 vs. Belleville overall with a +4 goal differential (13/9) while the Monsters are 1-1-0-0 vs. the Senators on the road with an even goal differential (4/4) to their credit.

MONSTERS GOALTENDERS

35 J-F Berube

OVERALL:

35 GP, (16-15-4), 0 SO, 2.98 GAA, .896 S%

LAST APPEARANCE:

(20/21), (2/3) in 2-1 SOW at BEL 2/15/19

HEAD-TO-HEAD:

3 GP, (2-1-0), 0 SO, 2.29 GAA, .868 S%%

ON THE ROAD:

19 GP, (10-8-1), 0 SO, .905 S%

39 Brad Thiessen

OVERALL:

8 GP, (4-2-1), 0 SO, 3.15 GAA, .892 S%

LAST APPEARANCE:

(37/40) in 4-3 SOW at SYR 1/11/19

HEAD-TO-HEAD:

N/A

ON THE ROAD:

3 GP, (1-1-1), 0 SO, .877 S%

SENATORS GOALTENDERS

1 Marcus Hogberg

OVERALL:

18 GP, (9-4-4), 1 SO, 2.32 GAA, .915 S%

LAST APPEARANCE:

(29/30), (0/2) in 1-2 SOL vs CLE 2/15/19

HEAD-TO-HEAD:

2 GP, (0-1-1), 0 SO, 2.17 GAA, .933 S%

ON THE ROAD:

6 GP, (4-0-2), 1 SO, .943 S%

31 Jake Paterson

OVERALL:

4 GP, (0-1-0), 0 SO, 2.97 GAA, .850 S%

LAST APPEARANCE:

(0/2) in first 4:21 of 3-6 L vs CHA 1/5/19

HEAD-TO-HEAD:

N/A

AT HOME:

2 GP, (0-1-0), 0 SO, .862 S%

KEYS TO SUCCESS:

NIFTY NIKITA: After posting a power-play goal and the shootout winner in Cleveland’s 2-1 road shootout victory over Belleville on Friday, Monsters RW Nikita Korostelev now has 2-6-8 to his credit in his last five appearances.

SHOOTOUT SPECIALISTS: With Cleveland’s 2-1 road shootout victory over Belleville on Friday, the Monsters now rank tied for the league-lead with five shootout wins this season and have claimed victory in the team’s last four shootout opportunities.

DRAW FIRST BLOOD: So far this season, Cleveland has a .750 winning percentage to their credit (15-5-0-0) when the Monsters score the first goal of games.

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